Belarusian President Congratulates Diaz-Canel

‘The electoral results in Cuba clearly showed the unconditional support by the Cuban citizens for the political path based on the ideals of the Cuban Revolution, the immortal ideas of Fidel Castro and the outsanding achievements in his many years at the helm of the Cuban Councils of State and Ministers.’

Minsk, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) Bealrusian President Alexander Lukashenko congratulated the new President of the Councils of State and of Ministers of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez on Thursday.

In his message, Lukashenko also issued a warm message for Cuban Communist Party (PCC) First Secretary Raul Castro Ruz, saying that ‘I trust that the achivements of the Cuban Revolution can be preserved and multiply, and turn into a trustable support for the herioc Cuban people to reach the protection of their interests, the independent development of Cuba, and to defend independence successfully.’

‘I am sure that a strategic bilateral cooperation, which is quickly expanding, has a great potential,’ Lukashenko pointed out.

‘Together, we are going to achieve even better results in politics, trade, the economic spheres and other forms of cooperation’, he said in reference to the election on Thursday of Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez at an important meeting of the Cuban Parliament.

Lukashenko also sent a warm message to the first secretary of the Central Committee of the PCC, Raúl Castro Ruz, in which he congratulated him and the Cuban people for the successful ending of the elections, which concluded with the election of the new president.

‘The electoral results in Cuba clearly showed the unconditional support by the Cuban citizens for the political path based on the ideals of the Cuban Revolution, the immortal ideas of Fidel Castro and the outsanding achievements in his many years at the helm of the Cuban Councils of State and Ministers,’ Lukashenko added. Lukashenko concluded by saying that due to the joint work, Belarusian-Cuban relations reached a qualitatively new and strategic level.